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Virtual Museum Tours: Ready to Take Kids on a Field Trip?

The CoolCatTeacher

For those of you who want to go on virtual museum tours, the Museums for Digital Learning may have the perfect answer for you. In this post, I'll show you how I got started. First, you sign up, then learn how to make collections, and then go to the awesome resource kits! I'm guessing they will add more of these.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Summer SuperHighway: 3 Kyle Wilson Elementary Teachers on Internet Access and Student Engagement

Education Superhighway

Last summer, we highlighted Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) , a large suburban school district in Virginia that boosted their bandwidth speed from 2 to 20 Gbps to keep up with growing demands for digital learning. My kids have read about 500 ebooks on their devices; they read a ton, and watch a bunch of videos.

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‘Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online

Edsurge

Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. So far, the digital learning plans have been a boon to educators looking for advice.

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A Shopping List for Mathematics in the Digital Age

edWeb.net

Embedded professional learning and collaboration: It’s not enough for the application to tell teachers how it works; the more effective ones explain how to integrate the application into the classroom and offer insights into how the tasks meet academic goals. Sara Delano Moore, Ph.D.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning. School is a place where students are allowed to learn, experiment and make mistakes. Related: 9 Benefits of Interactive eBooks. Helps Students to Learn and Innovate with Augmented Reality.

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iPads in Students' Hands

wwwatanabe

This was our first year with iPads in the elementary classrooms, purchased with Title funding. How I see them used in the classrooms After Tony Vincent helped us get started, we''ve become more comfortable with using them, and we''re at the point where we were figuring out new ways to use them. Shelly then tried this with the students.

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